92 Pt. New Zealand Chard - $45 Off 6 Btls!

92 Pt. New Zealand Chard - $38 Off 6 Bottles!

Small-Lot Marlborough Chardonnay with Free Shipping!

The wines produced at Jules Taylor Wines are personal; Jules is the winemaker, the visionary, the dreamer, the motivator, the laugher, mother of Louis, Nico and godmother to several hundred thousand little grapes. Her handcrafted, small-lot wines are gaining international recognition.

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2013 Jules Taylor Marlborough Chardonnay, New Zealand

92 Points! – Bob Campbell (top wine critic named 'Mr .New Zealand Wine')
"The wine is smooth and round on the palate with a lovely balance of minerality and well refined acid. Juicy flavours of stonefruits and citrus are combined with mealy, creamy layers and subtle hints of French oak."

The fruit for this wine was grown in the Awatere Valley, Ben Morven and Brancott Valley sub regions of Marlborough. After hand harvesting, the fruit was taken to the winery and whole cluster pressed. One portion of the juice was put directly into French oak barrels for indigenous ferment while the rest of the juice went into tank for settling, racking, inoculating with selected yeast and fermentation. Both underwent partial malolactic fermentation then blended after time in barrel. The blend of the different fruit parcels provides a great balance between the vibrant fruit characters that New Zealand is so famous for and the interesting textures derived from the barrel fermentation.

Winemaker Jules Taylor: “The fashion for Chardonnay used to be the big, buttery, oaky wine. Do we care for fashion? Pah! This is a wine that is fresh and has great fruit flavours that expresses the vineyard without the winemaker’s boots stamping all over it.” (usual retail $20)

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